Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?fc ??l;iUbm;m anb ^outbron. S4 Iii? Poj*uAos A4 CMUlilrf, b. f)-. es > ...h. i Oui Mauer. PERSONAL MENTH ?N. Mr. W I?. Canton, of Summerton. van a visitor to the city today. Mr. Hugh M r. of Silver, spent Wednesday in the city. Mr. T>. C. Shaw of the Shaw Motor Company lias just returned fron? a trip to Detroit. Cleveland and other points In the central Statin in t..e in ??t of his automohile business. I r. P. M. Dwlght. of Wcdfecneld. was a visitor to the city today. M'Cill M.1IT IS Cini-'.F CLERK, Commlv? inner Watson \nnoim? cs He tirenwiit of M. J. Miller From Staff , of Department. Columbia. Dec. 0. -II W, Mr- t ? iKht of Columbia has heen appoint . I an * hi f clerk In the department of j agriculture, to succeed M. J. Miller, i -signed. Mr. McCrtlght is a nati\e of Kershaw county. In announcii?g the change in tie personnel of the department of ami culture yesterday. Commissioner Wat ?on said: "M. J. Miller having tendered hi resignation during the month of No* vemher as clerk of this department, for the purpose of entering commer? cial business at the first of the year, and having accepted It. effective De? cember 1, I have appointed H. W. McCrebrht. formerly of Kershaw county, but resident for some years - in Columbia, as his successor. While losing one of the best equipped office men In the service of the State. I feel that I have been fortunate in securing one whe. by training, experience and record, will maintain the high stand? ard of efficiency that Is our constant aim In this department." - at WORK in uaillahd cvt. Army Engineers Report Excellent Progress In Removing Slide. Panama. Dec. 8.?Such excellent , progress has been made in dredg- | ing in the (Jstllard cut of the PsnSSJtl canal that only 50 feet of earth sepa- j rates the waters of the channel. This can be removed In a few day unless the bulging up of tho bottom pro? ceeds too rapidly for the drodgers. Since the huge dipper drodge Cas? cade began operations, the monthly dredging has been increased 1,250 - *# cults yards, the m'?ttt that ban! ever been taken from the ennnl In | Wet excavation work. Col. Qoethulu. ! ?owevor. still d< -lines to p! e>dl f v. hi n the canal will be re- ; ? :.ed. liv. the slides have not yet Stuppsd, and that U?ey might ( lose the canal agni i beforo the present operations can be completed. A more cheerful spirit over tin probability of definitely overeomln the twin slides in the Culebra cut at in early date Is manifested by the canal engineers, Including Cot Got* thala Although the prospects are that th<> waters of the two sections of the canal will speedily join ? ach othor, ? there is no expectation that the chan- j nel will he r?adf tor the passage o: shlpn for many weeks. to OOmWl emergency tax EN. Leaders Prepare to Act Before Reees*. Washington. Dec. 8.?After a con f ference with Seer, tary M \ lo . Chsirmsn Kltehln of the bouse ways , and means committee announced that the Democrats would put in congress bsfore the holiday recess a bill to continue the emergency war revenue law which would expire by limitation DeeemlM r :i. This Is <:'imated to raise more than $sO,?u0,o00 annually. ' Mr. Kltehln sssi repeal of the free SUKar 'It . oi' the I'liliTU oor| ta?if.' law might be considered ut the same time, although it ha>- ?>. ? n understood that the administration's gen? r.i! rev? enue measures might not he tak< n Hp until after the holidays. The en.ergen< y tax law probably .will be extended for a year. The leg? islation wus unvested by S'intaty McAdoo as one of the things congress nhi uld do to provide for present and expected financial burdens. There H no n?< <-^ ity for immediate action to keep the duty on raw sugar, ss under the I'nderwood law sugar does not go on the free list until n?'.xt summer. \l> \i. in \uib:?ssndor Nanrd Washington. I"?. 'J.?Secretary lanslio, annom ad today that BUBO Arrendondo has been ap| ointed am? bassador to the I'nlted States by Car ran xa Senor Ar? nd ndo bat been the ? >ansa represent! ire here for several ne nths. A lervlee examination was b*<d yesterday by the loeal civil ser f ard. There was on?- apptleant the position of stenography and typewriting for whl h the examine tl< ft was givsn COI N I V Ro\Rl> MEETING. Will C lose Radical Road Despite op l ov.it* ii?To Condemn Land for Right of Way lor Proposed New Head. The County Board of Commission- j in hold their regular monthly meet? ing at tho County Supervisor's office Tuesday. The decision to clOM tho I Radical r< ad doapitt the opposition of citlsens; and to condemn land of Mia. B, T, Band? ri in order to open I road between the Btateburg and Wcdgefleld roads were Ihe two chief roatti ra act ed on, At a i?!. \ i?? is mooting chitons had preaented a petition asking the Coun? ty Board to rescind their former ac? tion authorising the Supervisor to i k the Radical Road for a abort d Iota net in order to allow the OX* panalon ol the China dairy and to hav< the Graham boulevard prepar? ed for use as i public highway In? stead, This matter was held in abey? ance untM the opinion of the county; ettorueyaeould bs ol talned as to the law in the case and tho rights ol the County Board |o close the road. ?Mr, SJennlnga, county attorney, stated In his opinion to the hoard that it ooul I rot Close a road nnloss the road had I scorns useless. Upon this opinion. and after full discussion, tho board decided that the Radical Road was not necessary at th~ place where it was desired to close it and the Su? pervisor was authorised to close It, The Graham boulevard will bs used as a road in place o:' the Radical road ! at this point. I BuperVisor PittS reported that Mrs. j E. F. Sanders would not consent clth pr to give or sell land to open a road i from the Statcburg to tho Wcdgefleld road. Ho was authorized to start con? demnation proceedings to secure the j necessary "right of way" through Mrs. < Sanders' place and to suggest to her that the value of the land be fixed by arbitration. i . Mr. R. D. Epps was present to dis- I cuss the county finances with tho i board, but as other members of the general assembly were absent the i matter was deferred until another | meeting. ] Mr. Epps was granted permission 1 to have a sidewalk opening to tlr cellar of a building which he expects j to erect on law range. A large number of claims were audited and ordered paid. 1 ERECTS CHIMING CLOCK. National Runk of South Carolina Hns Hundsome Now Sign. The Nutional Rank of South Car- | olina has erected a handsome new . sign in Die form of a chiming clock, which has been placed over the Street! uc the entrance to their place of bus- ( Above, the fu? e ol the clock la I tho name Of the bank. The new sign I v. as lirst put up Saturday, but was! taken down later in order to put i on longer arms so that it would show off better up and down the street. It , is in fact only an indicator, for the | real clock is placed inside of the bank and is operated by electricity, the , Westminster chimes being placed on' the outside. At the quarter hour the clock chimes four times, eight times for the half hour, twelve times tor three quarters an4\ sixteen times for the hour, the hour being struck im- j median ly aft* r tho chimes ecu. < This la one of the fir.it chiming clockc put up in thi:; section of the State and i attracted a great deal of atten? tion both from Sumter people and , people visiting here. <.hui or PnMorn Return, The people of Burster generally are very BAUCk gratified at the return | i ? re of Ihe pastors by the Methodist Conference at Its recent mooting Inj leston. Mr. Truesdalc has aerved Trinity only one year and bis eon-' Kreation has become rory much at taehod to him and la d< lighted lo have Mm another year, sir, Rogt r aas served at Broad streit church for Ihres years and is returned for his fourth and last year here. Dr. Bay.4, j the eminent presiding elder of the Surnter District, war; one of the foW presiding eiders who waa not ohangod by the conference appointments. The Newa Froon Privateer, Privateer, Dee, 7.?All oropa in this section havo been gathered. Cotton was very ehort, bui corn, perm and hay w ere \ i i v good. The farmers have none peas and liay? gt thcrod han they have bad in yearn There's i g< ( d acr ?(?,'?? of nati planted an i some wheat, but not as muck ?>f either as then- uro? last fall. a ii?t'e negro oa Mr. B. M. Rivers' phv a was bitter? by a mad dog last Tuesday and is being treated by Dr. R. B rurm.it). If reports are true there will be a lot of changing plaeea this fall and aprlng among Ihe white and colored residents. i Miss Tsiula Ramsey is visiting In Chadbura, N. C, Mrs Ids Sfedlln la viultlnn In Co lum la. Bonn "f the farmers s em lu Ii mud Interested In Ik propose, creamer) route, Vit i> w 1 >?teon ii t rill iftllj 111 Olli l'Assrl? 11UOUG1I HUE. Oll-AUed Kerosene Tunk of O'Donnell Company buffers Little Damage Prora Piro. Thr oH-fllloo erosene tank of the ^ O'Donnell iVt Company store passed through the fire which totally destroy- j ed the stoic laet week with little in-; jury from the heat, although it was damaged to some extent later by a j heavy Iron beam falling on it ami breaking tho steel plate on one eld ? The only injury from the Are heat i \\.:.s the melting of the tilling pipe bo . that it doubled over. The otoel tank and the Inside were intact. I It waa reported the day after the I fire and since that the iiremen were driven out of the store bv the explo i ?ion of* the keroaene oil tank. This j report Wae proved unfounded yester day when the workmen in clearing up ihe debris removed a heavy steel beam off the ki rosene tank and found it 10 bo nearly intact with the kero? sene still remaining in the vessel and undamaged by the lire or heat. "Where the steel beam had fallen, the plate bad been cracked, and the heat had melted the filling pipe, but otherwise the tank was whole. Inside it look? ed as good as new. This speaks web Cor the builders, who evidently put pood material in the construction of the vessel. The tank was. one of tin lutonustic registering tanks built bj 9, F. Bowser Company, builders of levicts for bundling oil, Fort Wayne. Ind, Mr. C, 11. DuRant, the agent of the company in this territory, had a photograph taken of the tank amid :he debris of the burned building to and to the company. This Paine company is the on* which has supplied the numerous fill tig station devices used here and re? cently Mr. DuRant has sold to the Bhaw Motor Company of this city >vhat will be the largest and best ?quipped automobile tilling station in he State for supplying cars with uas >llne and lubricating oils. The work of clearing up the debris Trom the burned building is steadily lOlng ahead. Today workmen wert removing big piles of parched am. burnt grain which was in the store a; tho time of the tire. Some of the ?rrain was in fairly good condition for chicken feed, but the most of it was burnt black. The toppling walls of ;he building left by the tire haw been thrown down, in order to reriove ill danger to tho workmen and noth ug remains but the debris of what tvas once a handsome building. RED CROSS SEALS. | How tin* Proceeds of The Sale oft BCPll ore Divided. | A numb* r of people have naked for information relative to the disposition 3f the proceeds from the sale of Red Jross Christmas Seals. Under date of December 4th the executive Secretary of the Red Cross Seal Commission of South Carolina ivriting the local chairman, Mrs. A. D, Phslpa, states that in towns where Lhere are local tuberculosis leagues, the local league receives 7 5 per cent. Of the proceeds from the sale of seals, and the other -<"? per cent, goes to the Red Crom Sea! Commission to i>e uaed throughout the State, so that 7.". e? nts of each dollar recolved from the sale of Red Croag Christmas seals In Bumter remains in .Sumter for the use of tho local tuberculosis League. This is a work entirely for the 1 ? IP fit ?'f humanity and should ap penl to tho warm hearts of every man, woman ?and child In our com? munity. The local committee are de? voting considerable of their time to this work and they will appreciate any and ail assistance given them by the dtlaena Of the community. Death of Robert M. Maok. Florence, Dec. 6.?Robort M. Mack, the veteran engineer, one of the best and most beloved men In the railroad m rvice In Florence, died today. He I not been sick long. He was re? garded In the best of health and had ii v. r missed a day from his dutl n until about t<n days ago when his physician ordered him to rest for n week. He tried resting for a few leys, but r< vting did not suit him and he went back on his englno, but two trips* exhausted him so that he was obliged to succumb, and in a short while he entered into Um rest thai will not bo broken. In January Mr. ""!' k would have been running an eni Ine on the Atlantic Coast lane for SO years. He grew up with the road. He leaves one son, Ernest U. Mack, a business man of the city. Robert Mack was one of the tm?st highly esteemed and honored members of the Brotherhood of -'. comotlvo En gineera, ol which order he waa an enthusiastic member. Not long ago tho local division of tho B. of D. U. testified Ita affection for Mr. Mae'.; hy presenting him with a handaome birthday present. I _ Mr. Mack Is remembered by the < bier citizens i f Sumter as a former resident. He was i brother of Mr;-. M. A. Flowera and Mrs, A. G. War n ii of this eity. LITTLE OIRL BURNED TO DEATH. Three-Year-old Daughter of Vestoil Ell Catchen Clothes on Fire. Yesterday afternoon while the members ol the family were In the field picking cotton, the three-year old daughter of Veston Ell, who liv< i on Supervisor P. M. Pitts' place a few miles west of the city, was burn? ed so badly that she died from tho effects of the burns last night. The j cotton pickers had a fire In the field to warm by and the little girl went too near the lire. Her dress caught 1 and before anyone could reach her ail of her clothes were burned off. Her sufferings were very painful, and despite efforts to have her, she died from the burns. PREPARE FOR CURB MARKET. Wilson Lot on North Main Street to Bo Used for Purpose. Col. Thomas Wilson has kindly granted permission for the farmers of SJ Bumter county to use his vacant* lot ] on North Main street, next to the of Aces of Dec and Moise for curb mar- , ket purposes. North Main street business est??b lishments appear to appreciate the value of the curb market as a number of those firms very readily subscribed money, as shown below, to have this lot cleared of debris from the recent lire, and fixed up for curb market purpose s. Mr. Furman D. Knight, of the Sum? te r Herald, circulated and secure.! yesterday signatures to the following subscription list, and the subscription has not yet been closed:< "We the undersigned citizens and merchants of North Main Street agree to give amounts opposite our names to clean up and put hitching posts on the vacant lot owned by. Col. Thomas Wilson to be used as a curb market and hitching lot for the people of this and adjoining counties, under the supervision of Mr. J. Frank Wil? liams, the. president of the Sumter County Farmers' Union:" Knight Bros.$2.50 Mitchell's Drug Siore. 2.50 Boston Furnishing Goods Co.. 1.00 W. 13. Bujms and Son. 2.00 Ducker and Bultman. 2.no The DuRant Hardware Co.. .. 2.00 L. A'pert. 2.00 D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. . . . 2.00 Schwartz Bros. 2.00 L. W. Folsom. . 8.00 Bultman Shoe Co. 1.00 Levl Pros. .'. 1.00 Poston Candy Kitchen. 2.00 Mr hr.:v.ut will gladly receive any] further contributions to thiw fund to J I) x pL() a sanitary and coj ?? dent our' j t arVet lot. Th< c"urb ma "ket will be right on Main street shutting on the inner curb of the si-lev alk. The object Is .o have for the farm? er producers a lot under their control and for the use of producers only. The business men of Sumter believe in diversification* on the farm, they believe In the furnishing of the best possible and convenic.it marketing fa? cilities in Sumter for the farmers. The Sumter business men may be always depended upon to put up money to help the farmers of Bumter and adjoining counties who do their trading and their banking business in Sumter. The first week of the curb market beginning next Thursday, December 9th, the vacant lot on the south side of the Court House park will be used. It la hoped to have the North Main Street curb market lot ready for business ne xt week. STATE IS THE HOST. Governor Welcomes Southern Com? mercial Conjgrnss. Gov. Manning recently issue d the following proclam it ion: "Now, therefore, I. Richard r. Manning, governor of South Carolina, proclaim to the citizens of South Car? olina the convention of the Southern Commercial congress and call noon the people of the State to regarl themselves as the host, and throu?n every organized entity to be repre? sented In tho convention and partici? pate In the deliberations. Official announcement is hereby made to the State Included In the territory of the Southern Commercial* congress ns well as to all parts of tho United States Included In the territory of and a cordial invitation Is extended tu the chlof executives and to the citizens of these States to visit South Carolina during the sessions of th.> j congress, with the assurance that a K'cnuinc welcome awaits all who will come within the borders of the State. i Among the out-of-town guests at the Chandlcr-McLeod wedding Wed? nesday night were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLeod, Miss Adclle McLeod, Mrs, W. C. Harllee, Rembert; Rev. Luh! Mrs. John C. Chandler <>f Lown dcaville; Mrs. R. M. Jenkins, St. Charles; I>r. and Mrs. R. <>. M< Cutchen, Bishopvllle; Miss Margaret i Bryan, Columbia. 31-PC-SET *A558 COLONIAL. SAUCERS \. ^ ?g 6-0/4 IN. PLAU3. c SET OF CHINA FOR ONLY This Set is a fine grade of American China, and is sold in Crockery Stores everywhere for i4.75 to $6.00 the set.? By agreement with the factory, newspaper publishers, who annually use many car loads of these sets as premiums, have been able to obtain a special low cost price, and we have made ar? rangements to secure the same price to give this China Set a try-out as a subscription premium. Subscribers to this paper can obtain one of these sets for its exact cost, $2.18, by paying this amount when they pay their subscription ac? count. Those who are not now subscribers can obtain a set bv subscribing for the paper and pay? ing one year'sjsubscription and $2.18, the exact factory cost of this fine 31-Piece Set of China. This is an exceptional opportunity to obtain a fine set of china and one year's subscription to this paper for less than the ordinary retail price We ho.vrt a su;??;>ly of China 'Sein on hand and make immediate delivery to those who accept this offer at once. Watchman & Southron, 1 year $1.50 Retail Price China Set ... $6.00 BOTH FOR $3.68 Osteen Publishing Company 18 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. ii:iii:?iiiiim. ?tmtxtmmatmmmmmaimmmwmm Battleship Day Si AT I 8 AHMV AND NAVY PAR AT a?Over ?,000 men in line; Ad ? dresses on "Nations! D.fens." by Secretaries Garrison and Daniel?. Charleston Special Trains Wed. Dec. 15. VIA THE Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South heave Sumtes1 T.05 A. M , Arrive Charleston 10.SS A. M. Retara tng heave Charleston 8.00 P. M\, Arrlvs eomtcr 11.35. F.. M. Round Trip Fare $3.05 Children H i f Fare For ths above event of the Southern Commercial Congress, the following attractions arc promised: GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY?Nine largest dreadnatights. 15 tor pedo bout.s and destroyors; Cruise on battleships in Charleston harbor. For Further Details Inquire of O. V. PJayer, Agent, :: Sumter, S. C.